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RESUME

My Skills & Experience

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JONATHAN DARKO ADOO

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RESIDENCE:
GHANA
CITY:
ACCRA
INTERESTS:
FORMULA 1
BLOGGING
ROBOTS

TOOLS & LANGUAGES

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SOFT SKILLS

Team Player

Communication

Leadership

Curiosity

Decision Making

Problem Solving

Time Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Robotics Trainer​

Mikrobot Academy | Accra & Kumasi​ | August 2022 - Date

  • Instruct 50+ students aged 8-15 in EV3 and Arduino programming, fostering their interest in robotics and technology through hands - on learning approaches
  • Mentor student teams through national and world robotics competitions, achieving 3 podium finishes in past years
  • Facilitate weekly trainings in circuit building and programming, enabling students to create functional autonomous robots from scratch

Mikrobot Academy

Web Developer

Young Africans Research Academy | Remote | February 2025 - Date

  • Built and deployed YARA’s corporate website using Next.js, improving page load speeds by 35% (from 4.2s to 2.7s) via SSR and optimized media handling.
  • Integrated Sanity CMS to streamline content updates, enabling non-technical teams to manage 10+ pages independently, reducing dev requests by 70%.
  • Implemented EmailOctopus for newsletter campaigns, growing the subscriber base from 101 to 3,200+ within 6 months through targeted SEO and landing page optimizations.

Young Africans Research Academy

Web Developer

Offgrid Labs | Remote | March 2025 - Date

  • Developed a Next.js web app for Offgrid Labs’ Ethereum staking platform.
  • Architected a responsive UI with Tailwind CSS, achieving a 95% Lighthouse accessibility score and reducing bounce rates by 25% on mobile devices.
  • Automated CI/CD pipelines using Vercel, cutting deployment times by 60% and ensuring zero downtime during 15+ iterative releases.

Offgrid Labs

Mechanical Lead

Team Pathfinders | Izmir - Turkey | November 2024

  • Spearheaded the design and construction of competition robot for World Robot Olympiad, incorporating innovative mechanical solutions to meet challenge requirements
  • Engineered and implemented complex circuitry systems, ensuring reliable performance and optimal power distribution throughout the robot
  • Collaborated with software team to integrate mechanical and electrical systems, resulting in seamless robot operation during competition
  • Led troubleshooting efforts during competition phases, achieving quick resolution of technical issues and maintaining robot functionality

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Kumasi, Ghana | 2023 - 2026

CERTIFICATES

Google Data Analytics

Coursera | 2022

Code Foundations for ROS

The Construct | 2024

Google UX Design

Coursera | 2023